Hanger

ABSTRACT

A hanger especially designed for use with drip dry clothes is due cut from a single sheet of stiff plastic material which is folded along scored lines to provide a sloping rear portion and a sloping front portion. The front portion is slotted and notched so that two halves thereof may be locked together to form the sloping front portion while the top of the two front portions is cut to accommodate two hook portions joined together and foldable along scored lines to form a hook to support the hanger when in use. An optional embodiment provides for a bar extending substantially the length of the hanger when in folded position which bar is supported in strips of material depending from the hanger body.

Unite MacCone States Patent 1 1 [4 1 Oct. 15,1974

1 1 HANGER 22 Filed: July 30,1973

21 Appl. No.: 383,984

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 516,732 1/1940 Great Britain 223/87 Primary Examiner-George H. Krizmanich Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Lyon and Lyon 57] ABSTRACT A hanger especially designed for use with drip dry clothes is due cut from a single sheet of stiff plastic material which is folded along scored lines to provide a sloping rear portion and a sloping front portion. The front portion is slotted and notched so that two halves thereof may be locked together to form the sloping front portion while the top of the two front portions is cut to accommodate two hook portions joined to gether and foldable along scored lines to form a hook to support the hanger when in use. An optional embodiment provides for a bar extending substantially the length of the hanger when in folded position which bar is supported in strips of material depending from the hanger body.

3 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures HANGER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention is designed as a throw away or give away hanger to be placed in the closets of hotel rooms, the bathrooms of hotel rooms, and any other suitable place, and is particularly suited for the imprinting thereon of any desired advertising material. In the preferred embodiment, it is made of one piece of plastic material cut and scored to be folded to form the hanger. The sloping front and rear portions are particularly designed for the support of a shirt or coat during drip drying. These and other advantages, objects and features of the present invention will be apparent from the annexed specification in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the invention as it is die cut from a single piece of plastic.

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the device of FIG. 1 folded to form the completed hanger.

FIG. 3 is a view of the invention prior to snapping the two portions of the front side together.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 of an alternate embodiment of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the hanger of this invention is cut from a sheet of heavy and stiff plastic material as a single piece 10. The piece is roughly triangular in shape and has a base 11 which forms the bottom of a rear panel 12. The front of the hanger is formed of panels 13 and 14. The piece 10 is scored as shown at l5, 16, 17 and 18, and is perforated as at 19, 20, 21 and 22. A slot 23 is cut in the panel 14 and a notch 24 is cut in the panel 13.

The member 10 is also scored as at 25 and extending from the scored line 25 is a hook portion 26 which is attached to portion 27 which is scored as at 28 and 29. Attached to the scored line 29 is a complimentary .l shaped portion 30 scored as at 31 and having a flared end 32. When it is desired to form a hanger from the blank just described, the panels 13 and 14 are folded downwardly along the scored lines 15, 16, 17 and 18 with the flared end 32 extending in the opening between the two panels 13 and 14 which acts to retain the hook between said two panels when said hanger is in use. The panel 13 is then folded over the panel 14 so that the notch 24 engaged into the slot 23. As this is done, the two portions 26 and 30 fold over each other to form the hook of the hanger as clearly shown in FIG.

The perforating done at 19, 20, 21 and 22 is for the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in which a pair of strips 33 and 34 are formed at the perforations and are attached to the underside of the portions 13 and 14- and depend therefrom. These are provided to receive the end of a plastic rod 35 which extends the full length of the hanger and is hooked into the loops formed by the strips 33 and 34. The plastic rod is formed preferably of a rectangular cross section having a beveled end at each end thereof.

While there has been described what at present is considered the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the essence of the invention.

I claim:

1. A clothes hanger of one-piece construction die cut from a flat sheet of stiff plastic, comprising: a substantially triangular member divided into a back panel, a front left panel and a front right panel, score lines dividing said front panels from said rear panel and being somewhat less than the entire length thereof such that when said member is folded slightly along the score lines the unscored portions serve to bias the front and rear panels apart;

one of said front panels having notch means and the other front panel having slot means, said notch and slot means being engageable to hold said member in a partially folded position presenting downwardly extending and outwardly biased front and rear panels when said member is folded;

a first hook portion having a base and a curved end, the base of said first hook portion being integrally joined to said rear panel and extending between said front panels, said first hook portion being scored where the base thereof joins said rear panel; and

a second hook portion having a base and a curved end, the curved ends of each of said hook portions being integrally joined along a scored dividing line, said second hook portion having an enlarged base received between and retained by said left and right front panels when said member is folded.

2. A clothes hanger as set forth. in claim 1 wherein.

said left and right front panels are formed adjacent the respective notch and slot thereof :such that when said panels are engaged a gap is formed adjacent the position at which the base of said first hook portion joins said rear panel;

the base of said second hook portion having a score line extending perpendicular to said base to permit partial folding thereof, said partially folded base being securely retained in said gap when said front panels are engaged.

3. A clothes hanger as set forth in claim 2 in which said member is perforated adjacent the ends of the score lines dividing said front and rear panels to provide loops extending transversely from front panel to rear panel, and a bar having ends inserted into said loops whereby said bar extends longitudinally of said 

1. A clothes hanger of one-piece construction die cut from a flat sheet of stiff plastic, comprising: a substantially triangular member divided into a back panel, a front left panel and a front right panel, score lines dividing said front panels from said rear panel and being somewhat less than the entire length thereof such that when said member is folded slightly along the score lines the unscored portions serve to bias the front and rear panels apart; one of said front panels having notch means and the other front panel having slot means, said notch and slot means being engageable to hold said member in a partially folded position presenting downwardly extending and outwardly biased front and rear panels when said member is folded; a first hook portion having a base and a curved end, the base of said first hook portion being integrally joined to said rear panel and extending between said front panels, said first hook portion being scored where the base thereof joins said rear panel; and a second hook portion having a base and a curved end, the curved ends of each of said hook portions being integrally joined along a scored dividing line, said second hook portion having an enlarged base received between and retained by said left and right front panels when said member is folded.
 2. A clothes hanger as set forth in claim 1 wherein said left and right front panels are formed adjacent the respective notch and slot thereof such that when said panels are engaged a gap is formed adjacent the position at which the base of said first hook portion joins said rear panel; the base of said second hook portion having a score line extending perpendicular to said base to permit partial folding thereof, said partially folded base being securely retained in said gap when said front panels are engaged.
 3. A clothes hanger as set forth in claim 2 in which said member is perforated adjacent the ends of the score lines dividing said front and rear panels to provide loops extending transversely from front panel to rear panel, and a bar having ends inserted into said loops whereby said bar extends longitudinally of said hanger. 